re: #405 Feline Fearless Leader

The older Bush also got shot down in WW2 and spent some time floating in the Pacific in a rubber raft waiting to be picked up. And flew 58 combat missions.

Slightly different experience set than his sons had.

Bush Sr. came from a well-to-do lineage, but he’d also had time in the trenches and so had the humility that came with it. His sons were born to privilege and never had to do much in the way of heavy-lifting. Bush Sr. volunteered because he wanted to serve his country, Dubya volunteered because he didn’t want to shipped off to ‘Nam.